Word Search

* / # — search for the word under the cursor without typing it.

Keys: *, #, g*, g#

Put the cursor on a word, press to search forward for the next occurrence, # for the previous. g and g# do the same but without word boundaries.

Cursor on a word, press *, jump to the next occurrence. Press #, jump to the previous. No typing the pattern, no closing Enter.

Next occurrence of word under cursor
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*
Previous occurrence of word under cursor
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#
Next, but no word boundaries
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g
*
Previous, but no word boundaries
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g
#
* — find next occurrence
# — find previous occurrence

Reference

Key Pattern built Direction
* \<word\> Forward
# \<word\> Backward
g* word Forward
g# word Backward

Worked example — * on a word

Search for the current word, no typing required.

Step 1 · Cursor on second 'foo'.
Cursor on second 'foo'.
Step 2 · * · * — searched for \<foo\>; jumped to the next.
* — searched for \<foo\>; jumped to the next.

* turns the cursor word into a search pattern with word boundaries (\<...\>) so 'foobar' won't match. # is the same backward.

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See also: Pattern Search, {key:*}, {key:cw}, then {key:.} {key:.} {key:.} — The Replace Loop, {key:cgn} — Change-Next-Match Loop